Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Death toll of superbug patients at 27
Three more found infected with resistant strain at hospital Kyodo News Sunday Sept 5 Teikyo University Hospital said Friday that since late last year 27 out of 46 patients infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter have died, including nine whose deaths are possibly attributable to the superbug that the hospital did not report until [...]
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European consortium reports first year progress in molecular study of multi-resistant pathogens The 3-year Translational Research On Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (TROCAR) project, a consortium of 14 European institutes, has completed its first year of molecular study of high-risk antibiotic-resistant bacteria. With expertise ranging from medical microbiology to computational analysis, this network of excellence is on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Role of intensive care unit environment and health-care workers in transmission of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Noyal Mariya Joseph, Sujatha Sistla, Tarun Kumar Dutta, Ashok Shankar Badhe, Desdemona Rasitha, Subhash Chandra Parija Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Abstract Background: Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii have been reported to cause outbreaks of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in several studies. The high prevalence of these pathogens prompted us to study the different strains [...]
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